Successful treatment of torticollis with electromyographic (EMG) biofeedback has been reported in a number of single case and single group studies. The present investigation represents the first controlled outcome study. Twelve torticollis patients were randomly assigned to EMG biofeedback or relaxation training and graded neck exercises (RGP). The procedure involved three sessions of baseline ...

Abstract This study had as a goal to carry out the drying of red grape pomace (RGP) using 2 × 3 factorial design. The design experiment included combinations time and temperature in order achieve lowest possible moisture levels examine losses precious polyphenols, but also effect on antioxidant properties RGP extracts. Drying for 6 hrs at 80°C (D6/80) provided with satisfactory level (11%). A c...

Porphyromonas gingivalis, a black-pigmenting anaerobe implicated in the aetiology of periodontal disease, contains two loci, rgpA and rgpB, encoding the extracellular Arg-X specific proteases (RGPs, Arg-gingipains), and kgp, which encodes a Lys-X specific protease (KGP, Lys-gingipain). The rgpA and kgp genes encode polyproteins comprising pro-peptide and catalytic domain with large N- and C-ter...

Porphyromonas gingivalis is a Gram-negative black-pigmented obligate anaerobe implicated in the aetiology of human periodontal disease. The virulence of P. gingivalis is associated with the elaboration of the cysteine proteases Arg-gingipain (Rgp) and Lys-gingipain (Kgp), which are produced at high bacterial cell densities. To determine whether quorum sensing plays a role in the regulation of R...

BACKGROUND Little is known about how migrants adapt to first-world public health systems. In Norway, patients are assigned a registered general practitioner (RGP) to provide basic care and serve as gatekeeper for other medical services. OBJECTIVES To explore determinants of migrant compliance with the RGP scheme and obstacles that migrants may experience. METHODS Individuals in leadership p...

OBJECTIVES To assess the impact of the different types of contact lenses (CLs) on quality of life (QoL) in patients with keratoconus based on self-reported results from The Contact Lens Impact on Quality of Life (CLIQ) Questionnaire. METHODS Consecutive keratoconus patients who wore CLs (rigid gas permeable [RGP], hybrid or soft toric) at least in one eye were asked to complete the CLIQ quest...

We generalize the characterizations of the positive core and the positive prekernel to TU games with precedence constraints and show that the positive core is characterized by non-emptiness (NE), boundedness (BOUND), covariance under strategic equivalence, closedness (CLOS), the reduced game property (RGP), the reconfirmation property (RCP) for suitably generalized Davis-Maschler reduced games,...